Jon Appleton, born in Hollywood (1939)
but mainly active in New York, was one of the
pioneers of electronic music. His work on
Syntonic Menagerie (Flying Dutchman, 1969),
and
Human Music (Flying Dutchman, 1970), with Don Cherry,
introduced electronic instruments to a wider audience.
Other compositions were collected on
The World Music Theatre (Folkways, 1976),
Music for Synclavier and Other Digital Systems (Folkways, 1979)
Four Fantasies For Synclavier (Folkways, 1982),
Two Melodramas for Synclavier (Folkways, 1982).

Contes de la Memoire (Empreintes Digitales, 1996) is a compilation of
compositions from different eras.